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Becker takes the long trek west and wins in Late Models while Petroff edges Castro in Streets at Big Sky Speedway

BILLINGS, MT (August 16) - Chad Becker made the trip west to Billings, MT for Big Sky Speedway’s Hample Memorial Saturday night and it paid off handsomely, as the South Dakota driver took home the big check in the WISSOTA Late Model feature.

Held in honor of former Late Model racer Kelly Hample, who passed away last spring from cancer, the track’s other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action included the Street Stocks, where Robert Petroff topped the field.

Becker started in the fifth row of the Late Model feature, picking his way forward to the lead by lap 12 and building his advantage to more than 5 seconds in the closing laps to take the victory. Kelly’s son Ty was runner-up, ahead of 10th-starter Lynn Amick, Dan Henrickson and Ted Hample in the top five.

Petroff started in the second row, took the lead around lap seven and held off Jeremy Castro by a scant .357 of a second for the win in the WISSOTA Street Stocks, his 13th overall in 2025. Castro, Caden Craver, Dalton Stephenson, and Patrick Salway rounded out the top five.

In the IMCA Sport Compact feature, Anthony Whiteman was victorious, taking the win ahead of Kyle Dalke and Chas Matye in the top three.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (36 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[9]; 2. 29-Ty Hample[3]; 3. 47-Lynn Amick[10]; 4. 97-Dan Henrikson[7]; 5. 50-Ted Hample[4]; 6. 17-Jim Harris[2]; 7. 15-Devin Kenaston[12]; 8. 24DD-DJ Baxter[13]; 9. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[8]; 10. 1-Jeremiah LaDue[11]; 11. 14-Ken Helman[6]; 12. 1D-Rock Degele[5]; 13. 21F-Ryan Fasching[16]; 14. 30-Bob Moody[14]; 15. M91-Heather Mertens[15]; 16. 16-Shad Jensen[18]; 17. 25-Jamie Mocko[17]; 18. (DNF) 21-Smokey Jensen[1]; 19. (DNS) 308-Dillon Price

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Ty Hample[1]; 2. 97-Dan Henrikson[2]; 3. 17-Jim Harris[7]; 4. 47-Lynn Amick[3]; 5. 24DD-DJ Baxter[4]; 6. 21F-Ryan Fasching[6]; 7. 16-Shad Jensen[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[1]; 2. 50-Ted Hample[4]; 3. 14-Ken Helman[3]; 4. 1-Jeremiah LaDue[2]; 5. 30-Bob Moody[5]; 6. 25-Jamie Mocko[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[2]; 2. 1D-Rock Degele[4]; 3. 21-Smokey Jensen[3]; 4. 15-Devin Kenaston[5]; 5. M91-Heather Mertens[6]; 6. (DNF) 308-Dillon Price[1]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11-Robert Petroff[3]; 2. 14X-Jeremy Castro[7]; 3. 21JR-Caden Craver[4]; 4. 79-Dalton Stephenson[6]; 5. 66S-Patrick Salway[1]; 6. 29-Corky Berg[5]; 7. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[9]; 8. (DNF) 62-Dylan Stephenson[8]; 9. (DNF) B33R-Matt Riesinger[2]; 10. (DNF) M80-Mia Baxter[11]; 11. (DNS) 45T-Conner Carter

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Robert Petroff[6]; 2. 21JR-Caden Craver[1]; 3. B33R-Matt Riesinger[2]; 4. 29-Corky Berg[5]; 5. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[4]; 6. M80-Mia Baxter[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14X-Jeremy Castro[1]; 2. 62-Dylan Stephenson[4]; 3. 79-Dalton Stephenson[5]; 4. 66S-Patrick Salway[2]; 5. 45T-Conner Carter[3]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17T-Anthony Whiteman[5]; 2. 32-Kyle Dalke[9]; 3. 13-Chas Matye[8]; 4. 24-Kory Pritchett[12]; 5. 05-Jonathan Morgan[4]; 6. 31R-Blake Swenson[13]; 7. 71T-Michael Thompson[14]; 8. 007-Brady Sherburn[21]; 9. 29X-Kyle Leichner[24]; 10. 22-Cassie Hudson[15]; 11. 79-Gerald Adams Jr[25]; 12. 82-Jim Garretson[17]; 13. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[20]; 14. 28-Bekah Ibach[19]; 15. (DNF) 94-Joe Hudson[11]; 16. (DNF) 26S-BRANDON IBACH[7]; 17. (DNF) 223-Noah Payne[6]; 18. (DNF) 43J-Joel Niebeling[2]; 19. (DNF) 63-Daytona Smith[1]; 20. (DNF) 24W-Wesley Smith[3]; 21. (DNF) 4-Douglas Berg[18]; 22. (DNF) 9D-Dakota Kincaid[10]; 23. (DNF) 08JR-Robert Herbert[22]; 24. (DNF) 008-Darren Pulver[16]; 25. (DNF) 34DD-Kristi Dorn[23]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17T-Anthony Whiteman[3]; 2. 26S-BRANDON IBACH[7]; 3. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[8]; 4. 223-Noah Payne[6]; 5. 31R-Blake Swenson[5]; 6. 008-Darren Pulver[2]; 7. 28-Bekah Ibach[1]; 8. 08JR-Robert Herbert[4]; 9. 79-Gerald Adams Jr[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Chas Matye[7]; 2. 63-Daytona Smith[1]; 3. 24W-Wesley Smith[2]; 4. 94-Joe Hudson[8]; 5. 71T-Michael Thompson[4]; 6. 82-Jim Garretson[5]; 7. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[3]; 8. 34DD-Kristi Dorn[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[7]; 2. 05-Jonathan Morgan[2]; 3. 24-Kory Pritchett[8]; 4. 43J-Joel Niebeling[1]; 5. 22-Cassie Hudson[3]; 6. 4-Douglas Berg[4]; 7. 007-Brady Sherburn[5]; 8. (DNF) 29X-Kyle Leichner[6]